Finmeccanica, through its operating company Alenia Aeronautica, signed a contract worth
approximately USD 200 million with Mexico to supply four tactical transport aircraft C-27J.
The contract was signed at the headquarters of SEDENA (Secreteria della Defensa Nacional) in
Mexico City, in the presence of General Augusto Moisés Garcìa Ochoa, Director General de
Administración de SEDENA, General Leonardo Gonzàlez Garcìa, Comandante de la Fuerza Aérea
Mexicana, and Mr. Giuseppe Giordo, CEO of Alenia Aeronautica.
The first aircraft will be delivered by the end of 2011 and the whole supply will be completed by the
end of 2012. The contract envisages also the logistics support for the entire fleet through the supply of
spare parts and GSE (Ground Support Equipment).
Thanks to this contract, the number of airplanes ordered to date rises to 83, confirming the C-27J as
best seller among the aircraft of its category. The C-27J has been ordered by the air forces of Italy,
Greece, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Romania, Morocco and by the US. Air Force.

Alenia press release (photo, M. van Leeuwen Z.A.P.P.)